I think that the service business like carpet cleaning or landscaping is a little different. I pay my landscaper with a check every time. I don't think I have ever paid by credit card whenever I had anything done or completed at my house. This includes landscaping rock delivery, firewood delivery, landscaping, maid service, carpet cleaning, small contractor jobs.

I do believe that most of the places do take credit cards but the person doing the work can never take a credit card. I would have to call the office and give them my number and it's so much easier to write a check and hand it to them while they are waiting.